I also have a passion for small sustainable green homes and would like to rehab most if not all of my properties with solar, wind, etc.

If you ask others, you will get a different answer from reach person based on their comfort level with risk.For me, I left IT after 28 years, sold my house in Toronto and moved to South Florida in 2017 to pursue my passion for Real Estate.

I am a young person constantly seeking personal and financial development, I'd like to share some encouragement with those in this community whom share that same passion!

However, I still want to pursue my passion of real estate.

There's more information that I could provide about that, but that can get pretty lengthy.Now, there WILL be passionate responses to my response here. 

PART 1: INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE, the Why, the Where, the What, the How, and the How Much:In mid-2017 my wife and I decided to go back to what had been one of our passions in the mid-90's, the ownership and management of real estate.

Someone passionate with a high emotional intelligence will on average be a better realtor, for example, but those same things will make them a poor loan officer.

Implemented correctly, UBI is not a threat to capitalism, it is a massive boost to capitalism.Imagine a more intelligent, more entrepreneurial populace who are now able to take more risks, start more companies, and work on more passion projects because they don't have to devote 100% of their psychological and physiological energy to ensuring their family does not starve to death.https://www.businessinsider.com/poverty-effect-on-intelligence-2013-8https://www.newscientist.com/article/2193136-universal-income-study-finds-money-for-nothing-wont-make-us-work-less/Like it or not, some form of UBI is the future.

Hi @Timothy Walsh Awesome introduction you can feel the passion in the post!

I have been working the agency side for almost 4 months now but I know that my passion and overall future in Real Estate lies on the investment side.